Comments Thread For: Roman Gonzalez on Facing Inoue, Nietes, Estrada

[ShoulderRoll]

That will suck if Inoue really does move up to 118. Him versus Roman would have been epic.

[Cinci Champ]

Laugh my ass off.... Roman helping ggg get ratings...

Let roman headline a card see if he can sellout on both coasts..

Roman vs anybody could sell 10k tickets, let alone MSG and stubhub

of course hes been helping him get ratings theres a reason they keep putting him on ggg's undercards hes the number 1 p4p on some rankings of course hes helping otherwise why would they give up so much of their own purse? ggg only makes 1 million or so a fight on hbo 2 on his ppv and roman making 500k u think they just giving uo that much of the pot cause they are nice?

[thechampizhere]

This cat is seriously letting that p4p **** get to his head...who the hell has he beat let alone fought...don't get me wrong his style is entertaining but come on he has advantages over most of his opponents in height and reach and he has fought mostly fighters that used to be gd at one point in there careers...move to 118 or 122 and then talk

[Sugar Adam Ali]

of course hes been helping him get ratings theres a reason they keep putting him on ggg's undercards hes the number 1 p4p on some rankings of course hes helping otherwise why would they give up so much of their own purse? ggg only makes 1 million or so a fight on hbo 2 on his ppv and roman making 500k u think they just giving uo that much of the pot cause they are nice?

they keep putting him on undercards, not to help golovkin, but to build romans name.. you got it twisted dude...

roman piggybacking off ggg,,

who cares if roman is making 500k on the undercard.. berto was getting millions for fighting scrubs..
HBO money is good for any fighter, but to be the #1 guy, and only making 500k on hbo, tells you how tiny of a draw roman is..

[Luiz]

If HBO want keep the big boys she needs to figure out the budget issue. Too many names and no enough money.

[crold1]

This cat is seriously letting that p4p **** get to his head...who the hell has he beat let alone fought...don't get me wrong his style is entertaining but come on he has advantages over most of his opponents in height and reach and he has fought mostly fighters that used to be gd at one point in there careers...move to 118 or 122 and then talk

That's not true. Viloria, Estrada, Sosa, Rodriguez, and Yaegashi all had an edge in height or reach and in some cases both.

[crold1]

they keep putting him on undercards, not to help golovkin, but to build romans name.. you got it twisted dude...

roman piggybacking off ggg,,

They're pairing them the way Chavez was paired with Tyson and Tito was paired with Chavez. The goal is to make Roman viable as a main event for stuff like Estrada and a juice for undercards for lesser guys (like Carbajal was for some bigger names).

[Sugar Adam Ali]

They're pairing them the way Chavez was paired with Tyson and Tito was paired with Chavez. The goal is to make Roman viable as a main event for stuff like Estrada and a juice for undercards for lesser guys (like Carbajal was for some bigger names).

exactly.... Tito wasn't helping chavez be a draw, or chavez helped tyson..

They were piggybacking off a bigger star, to build their own name.. smart business move...

They weren't helping them get ratings... Roman in no shape or form is helping ggg get ratings and sell tickets

[crold1]

exactly.... Tito wasn't helping chavez be a draw, or chavez helped tyson..

They were piggybacking off a bigger star, to build their own name.. smart business move...

They weren't helping them get ratings... Roman in no shape or form is helping ggg get ratings and sell tickets

Eventually they helped with ratings. It enhanced cards where the star was fighting a lesser light. Roman might do the same. Not sure he doesn't help with tickets on some level. Solid Nicaraguan contingent at the Garden.

[Aztekkas]

Hmmm.. Interesting. What if they place Roman on GGG's undercard one or two more times and then HBO picks up Estrada for a co feature on the undercard of Roman Gonzalez in 2016, that way they can gauge their drawing numbers. If all goes well I can see them getting the purse Roman and Estrada are asking for. However, if they don't do well then I could see the fight falling apart and Roman moving on with his career and onto a higher weight division.